Casket-clamp hearses.



A. DAVELER.

CASKET CLAMP FOR HEARSES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27. 1911..

1,262,650, Patented Apr. 16, 1918.

AMOS DAVELER, orsrnnnme, ILLINOIS, sssrenoaro EUREKA cor/trimmer ROCK Y FALLS, rumors,

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s e ifieafimisrateht. P thtd 1 ,1913,

Application filed April 27, 1917. Serial No. 164,914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos DAVELER, a citizen of the United -States, residing at Sterling, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements" in Casket Clamps for Hearses, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention pertains to casket clamps for hearses and funeral'cars, of that kind which engage the sides of the casket as it rests on the table of the hearse, to hold the same in position while being transported. One of the purposes thereof is to do away with the slots whichare-commonly found in hearse tables, in which the clamping members are movable toward the casketor away device. Fig. 3 is a side view thereof. Fig.

4 is anedge'view' of one of the shoes 20.

1 represents the table of a hearse, upon 7 which it is usual to support a casket, such table being provided, near the edge thereof,

with two pairs of arms 2, pivoted so as to swing in a horizontal plane. The pivots 3 of such arms extend through the table, and are provided on the lower side thereof with arms 4 and 5. A screw 6 is rotatably mounted ina cross-piece? and bearing 8 on the lower face of the table, and longitudinally movable on such screw is a traveler 9, pivotally connected with which is a pair of bars 10, pivoted at theirouter ends to the inner ends of the arms 4. A movement of the traveler 9 toward the rear end of the table,

the rear end of the table by pieces 13 and at bar 7 and a similar bar 12, and is guided at the forward end by guides 14. Bars, 15,

similar tothe bars 10, are pivotally connected with. the slide-bar 11, such barsalso having a pivotal connectionwith the arms 5. Any movement of the traveler 9 and arms 1 is thereby accompanied by a corresponding action of the arms 5, causing the inner pair of arms 2 tomove inwardly or outwardly simultaneously with the other pairthereof. The sides of a casket are thus engaged by both pairs of arms 2 at the same time, and by reversing the movement of the screw 6 the same can be simultaneously released.

extension 16, provided in its end with a pin 17, adapted to be engaged by recesses in the end ofa sleeve 18, slidablecon the extension 16, and provided with acrank l9, for use in rotating the same. 7 The sleeve and crank are normally out of the way beneath the table, as shown in Fig. 1, but when it is desired to operate the screw the sleeve18 is moved outwardly to the endof the extension 16, as shown in Fig- 2, in which position the pin 17 is engaged. by the recesses in the end of the'sleeve 18. The rotation of the sleeve is thus imparted to the screw 6, to suitably operate the same. ,7

The free ends of the arms 2 are preferably provided with shoes 20, pivoted thereto so as to adapt themselves to the sides of the casket. Said arms are preferably located at such a height above the table that they "will engage the baseof the casket, and one of said shoes is showni'in Fig. 1 provided The screw 6is provided with a rearward V with a concave face, to enable the same to more closely engage the molding at the bottom of the caske f- The arms 2 are disposedtoward the inner. .endofthe hearse, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and when :such arms,.with the shoes therethe opposite arm, to which the power is communlcated, belng above the same.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

v 1. In a device of the class described, in

combination with the table of a hearse, two

named pair.

:2. In a'device of the class described, the

, combination, with the table of a hearse, of

a bell-crank lever: pivoted near the edge thereof, one of the arms'o'f said lever being above the table and the other armthereof I beneath said table; and screw devices below said table, operatively connected withthat arm of said lever adjacent thereto, so asto movetheifree end of the upper arm of said lever inwardly or outwardly, as desired- 3. In a device. of the class described, in combination with the table=ofa hearse; a pairof levers, mounted in said table, so as to move horizontally, each of said levers comprising an arm abovesaidtable-and an arm below said table at. adiiferent angle from saidfirst-named.arm,isaid arms being united byhapivot which forms a fulcrum therefor"; a screw mechanism rotatably mounted beneathsaid table; and a traveler operable by said screw mechanism and operatively connected with the lower armsof said levers, to impart to the upper arms thereof a desired inward or'outward movenent.

' 4. In a device of the class described, the

' combination with the table of a hearse, of

twopairs of arms pivotally'mounted on the upper face thereof, and provided at their free ends with ointed shoes conforming to the surfaceof the body to be engaged thereby; and screw mechanism on the under side of said table, operatively connected with the pivots of said arms, to move the" freeends thereofflinwardly or outwardly, as desired.

5. In a device of the class described,-in

combination with the table of a hearse, two pairs of armspivotally mounted on the upper face of said table, and provided beneath said table with inwardly extending operating arms; screw mechanism beneath said table in proximity to one of said'pairs of arms, a traveler operable by said screw mechanism and operatively connected with one of said pairs of arms beneath said table; and a slide-barconnectedwith saidtraveler, and operatively connected with the other pair of arms-beneath said table, whereby the arms above said table are simultaneously operated. v

6. In a device of the class described, in combination with the table of-a hearse, two pairs of arms pivotally mounted therein, so as to move in a horizontal plane, and-- provided at their free ends with casket engaging means, said arms being disposed toward the-inner end of said table; andscrew mechanis-mbeneath said table, operatively connected' with the p vots of sa1d-arms, so as to cause the simultaneous movement thereof inwardly-or outwardly.

7;. In-a device. of the class des'crlbed, m

combination [with the table of a liearse,,two

pairs" of arms pivotally mounted on the upperface of-'said hearse,;so as to swing in a horizontal plane; operating: arms beneath said table, connected with the pivots of said first-named arms; a screw rotatablymounted beneath said table; a traveler movable longitudinally of said screw and operatively connected with said operating arms, to move said first-named farms simultaneously in wardly or outwardly; a shaft formingan extension. of said screw, pro ectmgr beyond the outer end of sald table and provided with engagingmeans at its outerend; and a sleeve-slidable on said shaft, having an operating handle attached thereto, and provided with means for cooperating with the engaging mean's on the end of said shaft, to

cause said shaft and sleeve to rotate together. i

In'testimony. whereof I affix my signature in thepresence of: two witnesses.

AMOS DAVELER,

\Vitnesses; 7

WV. N. HA'sKELL, FRANK WV. HASKELL.

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